Tie for holding veneer on concrete walls



Nov. 10, 1931.

RJAGGER TIE FOR HOLDING VENEER ON CONCRETE WALLS Filed March 19, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INK/31% @9967" (A XATTORNEY Nov. 10, 1931.

F. JAGGER TIE FOR HOLDING VENEER ON CONCRETE WALLS Filed March 19, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Wed JG? @7' INVENTOR BY ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 10, 1931 UNITED STATES FRED JAGGER, or DETROIT, moment TIE FOR HOLDING VENEER N CONCRETE WALLS Application filed March 19 1930. Serial No. 437,169.

This invention relates to metal tie members, and particularly tov metallic ties for anchoring a veneer of-brick, tile, or other material to a concrete wall or column. I

An object of theinvention is to fold or otherwise compact an, elongated metal tie member and dispose same in a suitable housing of sheet metal or the like,"adapted to be embedded in a concrete wall or column, and

having an opening in a face of said wall or column to which a veneer is to" be applied, said tie member having one end securely attached to said housing and being adapted for withdrawal through said opening, and for engagement between the units of a brick or other veneer for anchoring the same securely to the concrete.

Another object is to fold such a tie member as initially assembled in its housing, to form a series of adjacent parallel plies and to utilize corrugations resulting from such folds to increase the retention afforded said tie member when extended and embedded in plaster or the like between courses of a veneer.

Other objects are to adapt said housing to be inexpensively formed from a single sheet metal blank, to form said housing with projections to increase its retention in a concrete wall or column, and to adapt it to be fastened to a form in which such a wall or column is poured.

These and various other objects the invention attains by the construction hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is an isometric view of the improved tie member as initially assembled in its metal housing.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the same,

' taken upon the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view of a sheet metal blank from which said housing may be formed.

Fig. 4 is a vertlcal, sectional view of the housing and tie member as installed in the concrete wall or column, showing the means attaching said housing toa form.

Fig. 5 is a similar vertical section, showing the tie member withdrawn from its housing and having anchoring engagement with the bricks of a veneer.

In these views, the reference characters 1 and 2 designate the top and bottom of a substantially rectangular sheet metal housing, 3 and at the sides thereof, and 5 the back. Said housing is open at its frontand has a pair of nailing plates 6 and 7projecting laterally from the margins of said opening and a similar nailing plate 8 upstanding from said margin. \Ving members 9,10, and 11 project upwardly, downwardly, and late0 erally from said housing atvits rear to afford increased retention when the housing is embedded in concrete.

Preferably, the described housing together with its nailing plates and wing members, is formed from a single sheet metal blank, as shownin Fig. 3, in which folding lines 12 and cutting lines v13 are indicated in dash andin full, respectively.

The described housing is secured interiorly to a form 14 wherein a wall or column 15 is to be poured, by nails 16 engaging the plates 6, 7, and 8, so that when said wall is completed and the form removed, the front opening of the described housing will be flush 7 with that face of the wall or column which is to receive a veneer. Preferably, prongs 17 are formed by overturning corners of the plates 6 and 7 to be embedded in a wooden form member to hold the housing in place during nailing.

The purpose of said housing is to pro- .duce a smallchamber in" a concrete wall or column to receive a sheet metal tie member strip having one end welded or otherwise rigidly attached to the housing bottom as indicated at 19 and having its upper end free.

In Fig. 5, a veneer comprlsing bricks 20 vis shown applied to the wall or column 15,

and the metal strip 18 is shown extended and engaged in the mortar 21 between said bricks. 7

Then so extended, the strip retains corrugations 22-;resu ltingfrom its original folded form, and these corrugations considerably mcrease the retention under which the strip engaged in the mortar.

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By thus embedding housed tie members in a wall or column at suitable intervals, a veneer of brick, tile, or other material may be securely and inexpensively anchored in place.

Fig. t illustrates how the free end portion of the tie member projects at an angle to the plies of said member as the latter is assembled in its housing, to facilitate withdrawal of said member for use.

l vhile primarily intended for application to concrete walls and columns, it is evident that the described tie member could if desired be used in connection with floors and ceilings for attaching veneer or other elements thereto.

' It will be apparent that the illustrated embodiment of my invention is well calculated to adequately fulfill the objects and advantages primarily stated, and it is to be understood that the invention is susceptible to va iiation, modification and change within the spirit and scope of the subjoined claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a housing formed with an opening, of a sheet metal strip folded within said housing to form a series of parallel adjacent plies, and means rigidly securing one end of said strip to said housing, the other end of said strip being free and projecting toward said opening, whereby said strip is adapted to be manually withdrawn from said housing for use.

2. In a device of the character described, a housing formed with integral projections to retain the same in a concrete wall or column, and an elongated tie member compactly assembled in said housing and having an end portion secured to said housing, its remaining portion being extensible through said opening to anchor a veneer to said Wall or column.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a housing formed with an opening, of a flexible tie member folded within said housing to form a series of parallel adjacent plies, and means rigidly securing one end of said tie member to said housing, the other end of said tie member being free and projecting toward said opening, wherebysaid tie member is adapted to be manually withdrawn from said housing for use. I

at. In a device of the character described, the combination with a housing formed of sheet metal and open at its front, and having a nailing projection projecting exteriorly of said housing substantially in the plane-of its front opening, of an elongated tie member normally compactly assembled in said housing and having one end free for withdrawal of said tie member from the housing, and means rigidly securing the other end of said tie member to the housing.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination with a sheet metal housing having top, bottom, rear and side walls and open at its front, of a nailing projection exteriorly carried by one of the top and bottom walls of said housing, extending substantially in the plane of its front opening, a nailing projection exteriorly carried by one of the side walls of said housing substantially in the plane .of its front opening, and

an elongated tie member secured to and normally compactly assembled within said housing and extensible through the front opening of said housing for use.

6. In a device of the character described, a sheet metal housing having top, bottom, side and rear walls, and open at its front, a

nailing projection formed integral with said.

housing and projecting substantially in the plane of its front opening, an anchorage projection formed integral with and exteriorly projecting from the rear end of said housing, and a relatively elongated tie member socured to and compactly assembled within said housing, and extensible for use from sepid housing through a front opening there- 0 In testimony whereof I sign this specifi cation.

FRED J AGGER. 

